SAUCER DATA SUPPRESSED, ADMIRAL SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090036-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2014
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: August 3, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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*ASIUNCTON, Aug.
49up,whkh includes a former
?est! Intelligence chief re-
parted today Uurtongression.
al4ednin1ttees have Conducted
watebserret hearhsgs on'.
leg -saucers" but. have never
/Wide their !hidings public..
,.." The claim as made by the
Nitional Investigating Com-
mittee. Int Aerial- Phenomena
(NICAPi, which insists the
Me Force is withholding evl?
*nee Whitt would prove that
flying" lancers actually exist.
Retired Vice 'Admiral R. IL
Ilillenkoetter, who once headed
the Central Intelligence
Agency, is a committee mern:
ben
? Congressman Quoted
..NICAP quoted a letter from
Rep.- William IL Ayres, Ohio
Poetrublican. as proof that
hush-hush congressional heat.
Ings had been held. An aide
confirmed that Mr. Ayres
wrote the letter last January
to Melvin.V. Knopp of West
Richfield, Ohio.
The congressman said: 'Con-
gressional investigations .have
been held and are still being
held on the .p ruble ra?..,of
unidentified fiytnE objects
WFO's). Since most o! .the
material presented to the ecen-
rWttees is classified, the hear-
ings are never Printed. When
001W1111110112 are rgAched, they
CI be released if possible."
-The NICAP said this refuted
le Force .claims that no con-
gressional hearings had been
?
clkiffrat Claims
be Ale Form. says that
thorough Investigation has
illostmlitue is nothing to bear
out claims that reported flying
arc man-made or
-ted. ? Officials contend that
ttrateribus objects in the sky
arms natural phenomena such as
Orange_ "0 loud formations,
ethern lighti Or,. optical Mu-
.' NICAP differs. Admiral MI-
linkoetter and other.. board
members issued a-statement
Which said:
? "From evidence In NICAP's
o*sesIon, it is dear the Air
ree is still withholding In-
formation -ort.ttnittertiffied fly-
Ing objects,--including sighting
reports.' We believe this po-
hey to bo. dangerous. It inaketol
It Pohilhis for thi Soviet gov-
ernment to claim ownership of
UFO's or flying saucers. Such
se claim, -especialty ? at this
trine. might create a serious
situation' in this country."
? ?
? Scott Views Given
:The grifurr, which includes,
Donald E. Kehoe who has
viajteu extensively on flying,
saucers. quoted'Rep. 'Ralph H.
North Carolina Demo.;
mat, In support of the demand'
ftir more .infcrnnaticm.
? Mr. Seatt said:. 'The general,
public should .be allowed In.
fOrmatinn thus far known,
atenti flying objects except. of
Ours?, In titi case where they.
might becorie unduly alarmed,
? panielted by such a revelal
iton.
?111 thia inforr,nation osuldi
ne presented to the American
Peefie litisuch ii:,way as to ap-:
? tegenson and not to emo-'
*d k it would be a
g th ?
held. ' . oo
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2014/06/12 : CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090036-0